Welcome to a brand new season of League of Legends! We've got a plethora of far-reaching changes in this patch so if you don't want to read thousands of words, here's a brief overview: Strategic gameplay moves toward turret pushing and away from epic monster contests with tuning changes and the brand-new Crystalline Overgrowth. Role power is rebalanced, with brand-new Role Quests for each role. New vision mechanics to learn and master await you with Faelights. New items for each class yearn for a...
Welcome to the last patch of the year, 25.24!
While this may be the last patch of the year, there's still a lot to look forward to! As a quick heads up, this won't be our last balance pass of the year either, expect a sizable micropatch in mid-December, all of which will be updated and noted here.
On the gameplay side of things, we have a relatively lighter patch of buffing and nerfing various outliers. The real shakeup comes in January with the new season start, so get ready for a lot more follow-up...
Do you hear sleigh bells, feel snow crunching under your feet, and… is that a poro on a train? It can only mean one thing… Winter Rift is finally here! Welcome to patch 25.23 the patch of Zaahen and the long-awaited return of Winter Rift, we promise the two are not related.
This patch we have the usual balance changes, some ARAM Mayhem and Arena adjustments, alongside some QoL additions that speed up the champ select process! Blue Essence Emporium is also back through the remainder of the year,...
We’re going to Chengdu and here comes Patch 25.22!
In this week’s patch we’ve got Machine Herald Viktor and Panda Pal Lux hitting the Rift, not to mention another round of Arena changes, plus our very first batch of ARAM Mayhem changes!
Our live balance patch mostly focuses on runes this time around, nerfing a few overused ones and buffing a large swath of the underappreciated ones. Take a look at the newly-buffed options and see if there’s something new for your favorite champion!
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It's time for Patch 25.21! We hope your Pick 'Ems are going well in the Swiss stage and if not then maybe the Crystal Ball picks will save you.
On the balance front we're delivering some important systemic changes to early lane aggression with nerfs to Doran's Shield and Second Wind, plus better incentives for aggressive play with Doran's Ring. We're also bringing back Gwen to her pre-update state earlier this year, bringing back Graves's magic resist through Grit stacks, nerfing Dr. Mundo's late...